Tomorrow.io to Provide Air Force With Global Weather and Ocean Data Under Multi-Year $19.3 Million Contract Funded Through Commercial Weather Data Pilot Program BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2022 The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (“Tomorrow.io”), developer of a leading platform for global weather and climate security, has completed assembly and testing of its first precipitation radar and delivered… Continue reading Tomorrow.io Delivers First Radar for Weather Satellite Constellation Backed by U.S. Air Force
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Bringg Partners With Uber Direct in France Enabling Retailers to Improve Customer Experience
The partnership will empower local merchants with the best user experience featuring delivery tracking, security features, and competitive pricing CHICAGO, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Bringg, the market leading delivery management platform provider, and Uber Direct in France, the on-demand white label delivery service from Uber, today announced a partnership giving retailers access to the extensive… Continue reading Bringg Partners With Uber Direct in France Enabling Retailers to Improve Customer Experience
The Disgraced Uber Guy Is Back With a Fun New Plan to Kill Restaurants
Hot Girl Summer is officially over. Make way for… Disgraced Executives Fall? Hot on the heels of Adam Neumann and Martin Shkreli’s cursed re-entries into startup world, Travis Kalanick — the former CEO of Uber who resigned from the ride-share app amid a firestorm of privacy concerns, allegations of widespread sexual harassment and gender discrimination… Continue reading The Disgraced Uber Guy Is Back With a Fun New Plan to Kill Restaurants
The Webb Space Telescope Snaps Its First Photo of an Exoplanet
The JWST’s size and sensitivity enabled it to collect more light from this planet than any previous observatory has obtained. (Its photo looks grainier than SPHERE’s only because the JWST observes longer, infrared wavelengths.) This allowed Hinkley, Biller and their team to refine the estimate of the planet’s mass, which they peg at about seven… Continue reading The Webb Space Telescope Snaps Its First Photo of an Exoplanet
United Airlines plans to buy up to 500 electric flying taxis
United Airlines is moving deeper into the flying taxi business. Not only has the airline plowed $15 million into Eve Air Mobility, it ordered 200 flying taxis and has an option for another 200. United expects to start receiving Eve’s four-seater electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL) as soon as 2026. The company says… Continue reading United Airlines plans to buy up to 500 electric flying taxis
United Airlines invests $15 million in electric aviation startup, orders 200 air taxis
United Airlines is investing $15 million in Eve Air Mobility, an electric aviation startup owned by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer. As part of the deal, United will purchase 200 of Eve’s electric air taxis, which can seat four passengers and take off and land vertically like a helicopter. This is the second major investment from… Continue reading United Airlines invests $15 million in electric aviation startup, orders 200 air taxis
Community Labs Raises $30M in Funding
Community Labs, a NYC-based Arweave*-native software development company and venture studio accelerating developer tools, use cases, and adoption of decentralized permanent data storage, raised $30m in funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from industry leaders Arweave, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Capital, Distributed Global and Road Capital Management, alongside others. The company intends to use the… Continue reading Community Labs Raises $30M in Funding
This Week in Transportation News: 8 Stories You Need to See
A roundup of the week’s most newsworthy auto and transport industry press releases from PR Newswire NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the auto and transportation industries stay on top… Continue reading This Week in Transportation News: 8 Stories You Need to See
The Week in Press Releases: 9 Stories You Need to See
A roundup of the most newsworthy press releases from PR Newswire this week NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists and consumers stay on top of the week’s most newsworthy and popular… Continue reading The Week in Press Releases: 9 Stories You Need to See
Uber Eats and Nuro are making autonomous food deliveries in Texas and California
More Uber Eats customers would be getting their orders from vehicles with no delivery personnel in sight. That’s because Uber has signed a 10-year partnership with Nuro to use its autonomous, electric vehicles to deliver food orders in the US. They’ll start in Houston, Texas and Mountain View, California this fall before eventually expanding their… Continue reading Uber Eats and Nuro are making autonomous food deliveries in Texas and California